Keno Fire Department

08/14/2026

Current Fire Restrictions and Public Use restrictions

08/14/2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 13, 2026

Keno Rural Fire Protection District Seeking Candidate for Board Vacancy

Keno Rural Fire Protection District is accepting applications to fill one open position on its board of directors.

The appointee will serve the remainder of the term for Position 5, which expires June 30, 2027.

The Keno Rural Fire Protection District Board of Directors is comprised of five board members. Each member is elected by the registered voters of the district to serve a four (4) year term. If a member resigns or a position becomes available mid-term, the remaining board members will appoint a director to the vacant position.

To be a board member, one must own property or reside within the district boundary.

Regular board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm at Station 1 at 14800 Puckett Rd, Klamath Falls OR 97601.

Interested candidates can request an information packet, which includes information about the district, position, and application/selection process, from the district office by contacting Chief David Blair at 541-883-3062 or by email at [email protected]. You may also visit our office at Station 1 during regular business hours from 8:00-5:00 M-F.

The deadline to submit applications for this vacancy is by 5:00 pm on September 2, 2026.

06/17/2026

06/03/2026

Good morning,

We have exciting news to pass on to our residents, property owners, and business owners within our fire protection district.

Last summer we worked with ISO to review and update our fire protection classification for insurance.

After extensive review of apparatus, operational capacity, water supply, training, and dispatch capacity we demonstrated that we have a more robust protection classification than previously scored.

Keno Rural Fire Protection District is now :

NEW ISO PPC classification 4/4Y

ISO’s Public Protection Classification Program (PPC) plays an important role in the underwriting
process at insurance companies. In fact, most U.S. insurers – including the largest ones – use PPC
information as part of their decision- making when deciding what business to write, coverage’s to
offer or prices to charge for personal or commercial property insurance.

Each insurance company independently determines the premiums it charges its policyholders. The
way an insurer uses ISO’s information on public fire protection may depend on several things – the
company’s fire-loss experience, ratemaking methodology, underwriting guidelines, and its
marketing strategy.

Please feel free to contact me at the station in person or by phone:

David Blair
Fire Chief
Keno RFPD
14800 Puckett Road
(541) 883-3062

05/14/2026

Due to weather and current conditions, all open burning of yard debris has been closed in the KENO Fire District. Cooking fires are still permitted but regulations must be followed regarding having water and fire fighting tools on site. You must stay where you can monitor the fire. Please use care. Vegetation has become dry, and temperatures are warmed up enough that a fire could get out of control quickly.

05/11/2026

Attention Keno Rural Fire District,

The forecast for tomorrow includes the highest temperatures for year, low relative humidity, and winds over 20 mph forecasted. With these conditions and similar forecast for the remainder of the week, open debris burning will not be allowed after 5 pm today May 11, 2026.

**NO Open Burning of debris and yard waste**
Effective May 12, 2026 12:01 am.

By order of KRFPD Fire Chief David Blair.

04/27/2026

KENO RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

NOTICE OF MEETING CHANGE

The Keno Rural Fire Protection District’s regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors for the month of May 2026 has been changed. The original meeting date was May 13, 2026.

New Meeting Date: May 15, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

This change is necessary to alleviate a scheduling conflict.
Board meetings are open to the public

NEXT MEETING:

DATE: MAY 15, 2026

LOCATION: 14800 PUCKETT RD

TIME: 7:00 PM

04/27/2026

KENO RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING

The Keno Rural Fire Protection District Board of Directors will hold a special meeting on May 6, 2026 at 10:30 am.

This will be Executive Session under ORS 192.660 and is for the purpose of evaluating contractor proposals submitted for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Station 1.

This meeting is NOT open to the public.

SPECIAL MEETING:

DATE: MAY 6, 2026

LOCATION: Keno Fire Station #1
14800 Puckett Rd.
Keno, OR 97627

TIME: 10:30 AM

04/16/2026

FREE CPR CLASS, Sponsored by Keno Fire;

Saturday, May 16th at 12 Noon, Keno Fire will be conducting a FREE "Community CPR class". This will be a non certified course to teach local residents the procedures for doing CPR until EMS and Fire responders arrive on scene.
The class will be about 4 hours and teach the principals of CPR in attempt to give our community the best chance of survival during an emergency event.
The class is open to any member of the Keno area (10 years old or older). This class will not provide CPR cards. however there will be certified CPR instructors and EMT's teaching the class. This way we can provide the life saving methods, free of charge. If you need a card for employment, please contact KCC about a certified course.

Location:
Keno Fire Dept.
14800 Puckett Rd

No reservations or RSVP required.